As a former academic who dedicated his esoteric book on Japanese baseball to his kids, I have zero expectations that they will read it.
Sure, maybe you can own a copy, or at the very least page through it and be like, “leaf cutter ants, what a doozy!” But I think it’s more than reasonable that authors — particularly experts in their field — know their audience is like 10 people, and that their child is almost never one of those people.
And if I had a nickel for every time other academics told me to read a book that had absolutely no relevance to my interests, I woulda been the one to buy Twitter at a ridiculous price.
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Reply to My dad dedicated his book to me. Should I read it even though it's not my cup of tea? by Rinoalbering
As a former academic who dedicated his esoteric book on Japanese baseball to his kids, I have zero expectations that they will read it.
Sure, maybe you can own a copy, or at the very least page through it and be like, “leaf cutter ants, what a doozy!” But I think it’s more than reasonable that authors — particularly experts in their field — know their audience is like 10 people, and that their child is almost never one of those people.
And if I had a nickel for every time other academics told me to read a book that had absolutely no relevance to my interests, I woulda been the one to buy Twitter at a ridiculous price.